New collections facility for ramsey county historical society [ramsey county historical society (rchs) requests funding from the national endowment for the humanities to design, construct, and equip a…

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded $122,875.00 to Ramsey County Historical Society, Inc. under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) on September 1, 2025, with a completion date of April 30, 2029. This Challenge Grant funds the design, construction, and equipping of a new 4,500 square foot collections facility at the historic Gibbs Farm in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. The two-story facility will include 3,000 square feet of climate-controlled collections storage space on the first floor to house sensitive three-dimensional objects and photographs, and a 1,500 square foot gallery on the second floor for exhibitions from Ramsey County Historical Society's collections and community partner organizations.

As a matching grant program, the federal award obligates NEH funds to be matched one-to-one with nonfederal contributions raised by the Society over the project performance period. The collections facility is part of a larger capital expansion at Gibbs Farm designed to increase overall site capacity by 100 percent, which also includes a four-season program building, a private ceremonial space for the organization's Dakota allies, a new administrative building, and reconfigured site entry. Upon certification of the required matching gifts, the Society will establish a term endowment to support ongoing preservation, conservation, and educational programming related to Ramsey County's local and Dakota heritage.

New collections facility for ramsey county historical society [ramsey county historical society (rchs) requests funding from the national endowment for the humanities to design, construct, and equip a 4,500 square foot collections facility, to be constructed on rchs?s main educational site: the historic gibbs farm in falcon heights, minnesota. This new two-story facility will include a 3,000 square foot collections storage space on the first floor in which to house its most sensitive three-dimensional objects and photographs. The second floor will feature a 1,500 square foot gallery, where selections from rchs?s collection will be exhibited, as well as exhibitions from rchs?s community partners. Rchs?s proposed collections facility is part of a larger capital endeavor at gibbs farm, designed to increase capacity at the site by 100%. The plan centers on a new four-season program building, a private ceremonial space for rchs?s dakota allies, a new administrative building, and a reconfigured entry in addition to the new collections facility.]